New stuff coming (I hope!)

[FastAndFree]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I hope they gave that poor bastard in the TR MAX a helmet. Kinda dumb to walk around in body armour with nothing protecting your head.

They said during the Twitter Q/A that it no longer has an exposed head

[Hamma]

Yea it's looking like the webcast and/or Twitter is going to be a bi-weekly thing. Trying to work on some things of our own here so keep your fingers collectively crossed!

[basti]

Originally Posted by Hamma

Yea it's looking like the webcast and/or Twitter is going to be a bi-weekly thing. Trying to work on some things of our own here so keep your fingers collectively crossed!

Ask the devs? Oh please yes.

And SOE, as you read this: STOP USING TWITTER! ITS HORRIBLE FOR DEV CHATS!

Thank you.

[Lonehunter]

Originally Posted by basti

Ask the devs? Oh please yes.

And SOE, as you read this: STOP USING TWITTER! ITS HORRIBLE FOR DEV CHATS!

Thank you.

So nice to see someone else think that too

[Brusi]

Unfortunately *massive sigh* Twitter is still a valid and useful avenue for marketing through social media...

[Hamma]

Originally Posted by Lonehunter187

So nice to see someone else think that too

I agree with it also, Twitter is pretty much the worst medium for a Q&A.

Come to think of it.. it's the worst medium for anything.

[basti]

Twitter is good for sharing short texts or a link with everyone who wants to have it shared. Actually talking over twitter with replys and stuff is just horrible if you are not actually part of the discussion.

[NapalmEnima]

I think they're trying to get a two-fer marketing bonus.

1) The fans get their questions answered
2) Lots more #planetside2 tweets for folks to pick up on, the clout scores of those doing the "A"-ing goes up, and they may become recommendations for others who haven't necessarily heard of it.

Having said that... yes. Twitter is no chat client, and it's particularly painful when the answerer doesn't use the "reply" button so you lose the context.

So I understand why, but Ouch.

And it's not like we won't go ask questions either. Hopeless addicts, the lot of us.

[Bags]

But if they don't use Twitter how will I feel important as the only person willing to trudge through the cesspool?

[basti]

Originally Posted by NapalmEnima

I think they're trying to get a two-fer marketing bonus.

1) The fans get their questions answered
2) Lots more #planetside2 tweets for folks to pick up on, the clout scores of those doing the "A"-ing goes up, and they may become recommendations for others who haven't necessarily heard of it.

Having said that... yes. Twitter is no chat client, and it's particularly painful when the answerer doesn't use the "reply" button so you lose the context.

So I understand why, but Ouch.

And it's not like we won't go ask questions either. Hopeless addicts, the lot of us.

i was thinking about the #planetside2 effect as well, but we didnt see it very often during the QnA, so its pretty pointless.


There is no viable reason to use twitter for this kind of stuff. You cant mix a QnA with the community and advertising to people who never heard of the game before directly together, it just doesnt work.

I say use IRC, or Voon. Heck, you guys got Vivox integrated voice chat, Voon is from Vivox, there is no reason not to use it.

[FIREk]

Originally Posted by Bags

But if they don't use Twitter how will I feel important as the only person willing to trudge through the cesspool?

Worry not, whatever medium they use, the result will be a cesspool of text in need of trudging through. :P

[NapalmEnima]

Originally Posted by FastAndFree

They said during the Twitter Q/A that it no longer has an exposed head

Nope, that was my lunch interview. Higglesworth said that the default TR helmet's face is not exposed. I remember quite clearly.

And given that he qualified that with "the default", I suspect any "open face" helmets will be purely cosmetic changes. There might even be a wh40k-seargent-esque no-helmet option. Goofy under the circumstances, but lots of players will have played 40k and might like the look. We'll welcome them too, with open arms and high explosives.

[Raymac]

Originally Posted by NapalmEnima

Nope, that was my lunch interview. Higglesworth said

Higglesworth? What exactly was going on under the table at that lunch? haha

[Hamma]

I've seen Higgles being used randomly on Twitter as well.

[TacosWLove]

Yeah twitter is a pain, mainly due to the text limit IMO, hard to explain such a vast concept in 140 characters or less, it also seems to give them a cop out that leads us to wanting more info because they give simple one liners.

I would like to see a screen of a Female Vanu Commander with all her armor off. Perhaps they wear purple lingerie under all that tough exterior?